About the Role
The Treatment Services division at S:US promotes person-centered services focused on recovery, independence, and community inclusion through evidence-based practices and data-driven accountability.
Responsibilities
- Create a sense of community through the mutual sharing of lived experiences.
- Maintain professional boundaries when working with participants.
- Maintain a caseload and supervise peer specialists.
- Facilitate engagement with teams by forging strong connections with participants and families.
- Conduct outreach activities to promote community awareness of S:US services.
- Encourage help-seeking and bridge gaps between team members and participants.
- Develop meaningful relationships through empathy, listening, and collaboration.
- Advocate for and facilitate access to health care services while addressing barriers like stigma and transportation.
- Facilitate educational, recovery, wellness, and skill-building groups.
- Collaborate with participants to develop wellness toolkits and personal visions.
- Support participants in building self-awareness and life skills.
- Accompany individuals to appointments and community activities.
- Provide non-clinical crisis support and assist with crisis or recovery plans.
- Maintain timely and accurate documentation of interactions and services.
- Participate in team meetings, supervision, coaching, and professional development.
- Explore community spaces to promote integration and inclusion.
Requirements
- Certification or Provisional certification as a Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) or CRPA certification.
- Active participation in self-help, peer support, or peer advocacy programs.
- Lived experience with the Mental Health and/or Substance Use Treatment system.
- Willingness to share personal recovery story appropriately for empowerment.
- Understanding of the local community and available resources.
- Experience working with families and youth/children.
- Demonstrated positive progress toward personal recovery.
- Excellent judgment and understanding of professional boundaries.
- Ability to document needs with a trauma-informed and culturally competent lens.
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
Skills
- Interpersonal communication
- Empathy
- Critical thinking
- Problem-solving
- De-escalation
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Bilingual (preferred)
Work Type
- In Person
Education Level
- High School Diploma or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- USD $21.63/Hr - $24.03/Hr
Benefits
- Health and wellness resources
- Generous PTO
- Professional development
About the Company
- S:US is an organization dedicated to bringing opportunity to all by recognizing and amplifying the diverse strengths of the people they serve.
- Core values include respect, integrity, support, maximizing individual potential, and continuous quality improvement.
Equal Opportunity
- S:US is an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.
- Committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities.
